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Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell (born Richard Gerold Purcell, Jr.) was an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1944 film serial. The serial was released on February 5, and Purcell, age 38, died two months later, on 10 April 1944, the result of a fatal heart attack.

Known For: Acting

Born: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, 1905-08-06

Died: 1944-04-10

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	The Doorway to Hell	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)	63
2	1936	Ceiling Zero	Smiley (as Dick Purcell)	56
3	1936	Freshman Love	Radio Announcer (uncredited)	60
4	1936	Man Hunt	Skip McHenry	0
5	1936	Follow the Fleet	Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)	68
6	1936	Snowed Under	Bert (uncredited)	70
7	1936	Brides Are Like That	Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)	48
8	1936	Times Square Playboy	Wally Calhoun	48
9	1936	The Law in Her Hands	Marty	50
10	1936	Bullets or Ballots	Ed Driscoll	66
11	1936	The Case of the Velvet Claws	Crandal	68
12	1936	Public Enemy's Wife	Louie	58
13	1936	Bengal Tiger	Nick DeLargo	45
14	1936	Jailbreak	Ed Slayden	64
15	1936	The Captain's Kid	George Chester	60
16	1936	King of Hockey	Gabby Dugan	50
17	1937	Navy Blues	Rusty Gibbs	50
18	1937	Men in Exile	Jimmy Carmody	48
19	1937	Melody for Two	Mel Lynch	0
20	1937	Draegerman Courage	Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)	65
21	1937	Public Wedding	Joe Taylor	57
22	1937	Talent Scout	Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)	60
23	1937	Reported Missing	Paul Wayne	0
24	1937	Wine, Women and Horses	George Mayhew	40
25	1937	Alcatraz Island	David 'Harp' Santell	49
26	1937	Missing Witnesses	"Bull" Regan	55
27	1938	The Daredevil Drivers	Bill Foster	50
28	1938	Over the Wall	Ace Scanlon	50
29	1938	Accidents Will Happen	Jim Faber	60
30	1938	Flight Into Nowhere	Bill Kellogg	40
31	1938	Air Devils	Percy 'Slats' Harrington	23
32	1938	Mystery House	Lance O'Leary	49
33	1938	Penrod's Double Trouble	Tex Boyden	60
34	1938	Valley of the Giants	Creel	60
35	1938	Garden of the Moon	Rick Fulton	58
36	1938	Broadway Musketeers	Vince Morrell	43
37	1938	Nancy Drew… Detective	Keiffer	63
38	1938	Tough Kid	'Red' Murphy	60
39	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
40	1939	Blackwell's Island	Terry Walsh	50
41	1939	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8	Dick Purcell	40
42	1939	Streets of New York	T.P. 'Tap' Keenan	48
43	1939	While America Sleeps	Dave Miller	60
44	1939	Irish Luck	Steve Lanahan	58
45	1939	Drunk Driving	John Jones	54
46	1939	Heroes in Blue	Terry Murphy	40
47	1940	Outside the Three-Mile Limit	Agent Melvin Pierce	40
48	1940	New Moon	Alexander	68
49	1940	Private Affairs	Dick Cartwright	0
50	1940	Arise, My Love	Pink	63
51	1940	The Bank Dick	Mackley Q. Greene	65
52	1940	Flight Command	Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne	56
53	1941	King of the Zombies	James 'Mac' McCarthy	51
54	1941	Two in a Taxi	Bill Gratton	0
55	1941	Bullets for O'Hara	Wicks	40
56	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Cliff Halliday	0
57	1941	Flying Blind	Bob Fuller	27
58	1941	No Hands on the Clock	Red Harris	49
59	1942	Torpedo Boat	Ralph Andrews	60
60	1942	In Old California	Joe Dawson	51
61	1942	I Live on Danger	Norm Thompson	57
62	1942	The Old Homestead	Scarf Lennin	0
63	1942	Phantom Killer	Edward Clarkk	43
64	1942	X Marks the Spot	Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker	39
65	1943	Fighting Men: Crack That Tank	Tank Instructor	60
66	1943	Reveille with Beverly	Andy Adams	70
67	1943	No Place for a Lady	Randy Brooks	60
68	1943	Idaho	Duke Springer	57
69	1943	Aerial Gunner	Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine	44
70	1943	High Explosive	Dave	57
71	1943	The Mystery of the 13th Guest	Johnny Smith	54
72	1944	Timber Queen	Milt Holmes	57
73	1944	Captain America	Captain America / Grant Gardner	55
74	1944	Trocadero	Spike Nelson	47
75	1944	Leave It to the Irish	Pat Burke	35

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data